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UPDATE: Evercore Downgrades Facebook Noting Youth Engagement & WhatsApp Monetization Concerns
Thursday, February 20, 2014 - 4:17pm | 356In a report published Thursday, Evercore analyst Ken Sena downgraded Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) from Overweight to Equal-Weight and lowered the price target from $70.00 to $60.00. Sena noted that although opportunity for higher ad pricing remains, "the cost of delivering increased engagement that is...
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UPDATE: Gogo Rallying on Evercore Upgrade
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 10:13am | 159Gogo (NASDAQ: GOGO) shares were moving to the upside Wednesday morning following an upgrade at Evercore to an Overweight rating from Neutral, with a price target drop from $27 to $26. In the report, analyst Jonathan Schildkraut stated that the company's 40 percent drop since December presented a...
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New York Times: Lazard Part of the 'Big Boys Camp'
Friday, February 7, 2014 - 12:26pm | 284Lazard (NYSE: LAZ) is a New York City-based boutique broker dealer that provides research, sales & trading and underwriting. According to the New York Times, the company should be considered part of Wall Street's “big boys' camp.” On Wednesday, Lazard reported its fourth quarter results. The...
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Evercore Maintains Underweight on Intel
Friday, January 17, 2014 - 10:06am | 131In a report published Friday, Evercore analyst Patrick Wang maintained Underweight on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), keeping its $20.00 price target. According to the report, regardless of seemingly better consumer PC data points and improving investor sentiment a cautious view is maintained over INTC. “...
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Shares of Intersil Respond to Evercore Downgrade
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 4:33pm | 98Shares of Intersil (NASDAQ: ISIL) took a sharp drop following Evercore analyst Patrick Wang's downgrade from Equalweight to Underweight and $9 price target reiteration. Wang reported that Intersil stock has gained since November due to better sentiment on PC's. The analyst noted that investors...
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Evercore Raises PT on Twitter with Edge on Video
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 1:58pm | 213In a report published Thursday, Evercore analyst Ken Sena raised the price target on Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) from $52.00 to $70.00 and maintained an Overweight rating. Evercore sees Twitter's platform experience becoming a leader for shortform video content viewing and discovery with the potential...
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UPDATE: Evercore Upgrades The Ultimate Software Group on Compelling SMID-Cap SaaS Name With Growth and Margins
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 - 10:42am | 172In a report published Wednesday, Evercore analyst Kirk Materne upgraded the rating on The Ultimate Software Group (NASDAQ: ULTI) from Equal-Weight to Overweight, and named a $165.00 price target. In the report, Evercore noted, “As part of our assumption of coverage we are upgrading shares of...
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Evercore Reiterates Underweight on Intel Following Earnings Call, Broadwell Delay
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 - 9:04am | 198In a report published Wednesday, Evercore analyst Patrick Wang reiterated an Underweight rating and $20.00 price target on Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC). In the report, Evercore noted, “Our thesis remains intact and we come away from the earnings call incrementally more cautious on a number of...
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UPDATE: Evercore Raises PT on Facebook on Positive Outlook
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - 10:15am | 120In a report published Tuesday, Evercore analyst Ken Sena reiterated an Overweight rating on Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), and raised the price target from $45.00 to $60.00. In the report, Evercore noted, “In this report, we explore FB's recently rolled out customizable audience tools and how data...
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Evercore Expects No Other Competing Bids For Keynote
Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - 1:11pm | 130Monday, Keynote Systems (NASDAQ: KEYN) announced that it was to be acquired by Thorma Bravo for $20 per share, valuing the company at $395 million. Analysts at Evercore weighed in Tuesday and said that it was "unlikely" that competing bids for the stock would come in at the takeover price. Analyst...
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Salesforce.com Acquires ExactTarget in $2.5 Billion Cash Deal in Strong Push Into Cloud Services
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 - 6:17pm | 633Tuesday morning, Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) announced that it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire ExactTarget (NYSE: ET) in an all cash deal worth $2.5 billion or $33.75 per ExactTarget share. ExactTarget shares rallied over 50 percent Tuesday on the news to close just shy of the take-...
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UPDATE: Evercore Lowers Price Target on Viacom to $57
Friday, February 3, 2012 - 11:38am | 90According to Evercore, Viacom (NASDAQ: VIAB) price target is lowered to $57. Evercore said that Viacom reported domestic ad revenue declined 3% versus its +2% forecast due to the Nickelodeon ratings issue and a weak scatter market. “Our new $57 price target is based on a discounted sum-of-theparts...
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MF Global Struggles, Corzine Looks to J.C. Flowers & Co., Evercore Partners For Options
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 12:46pm | 343MF Global (NYSE: MF) is considering options to sell, and is currently involved in consultations with Evercore Partners, among a possible few (non-disclosed) firms. Have Jon Corzine's trading risks been the killer or has it been mostly investor fear? The company reported disappointing 2Q12...
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UPDATE: Evercore Initiates J.P. Morgan Chase at Overweight
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 8:42am | 91Evercore is out with its report today on J.P. Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), initiating JPM at Overweight. In its report, Evercore writes, "We are initiating coverage of JPM with an Overweight rating based on our view that it will continue to generate above-average results, gain market share, and reap...
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UPDATE: Evercore Upgrades City National to Overweight
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - 7:44am | 98Evercore is out with its report today on City National (NYSE: CYN), upgrading CYN to Overweight from Equal-weight. In its report, Evercore writes, "We are upgrading CYN to Overweight from Equal-Weight as the stock's pullback has created an attractive entry point into a premium franchise. CYN has...